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AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films (films of 40 minutes or more) whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work."
The Best Actor award has been presented 97 times, to 86 actors. The first winner was German actor Emil Jannings for his roles in The Last Command (1928) and The Way of All Flesh (1927). [ 1 ] The most recent winner is Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer (2023), who simultaneously became the first Irish-born actor to win this award.
- Melissa Leo, Best Supporting Actress—The Fighter - Colin Firth, Best Actor—The King's Speech with trophies known as Oscars. This list of actors with Academy Award nominations includes all male and female actors with Academy Award nominations for lead and supporting roles in motion pictures, and the total nominations and wins for each ...
Since the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929, one actor each year has been awarded for having the greatest performance in a leading role. Here's a list of the best actor Oscar winners since the ...
Too often pigeon-holed as a ‘character actor’ (a Hollywood euphemism for people who don’t look like your average pin-ups), Giamatti has stretched his range across blockbusters (Planet of the ...
THE COUNTDOWN: The Independent’s culture team ranks the very best film actors of the century so far
This rule was implemented after Barry Fitzgerald received a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in Going My Way. [3] As of 2024, 45 actors and actresses have received two or more Academy Awards in acting categories. Katharine Hepburn holds the record with four Oscars (all Best Actress). [4]
The following list includes the names, locations, and categories of all the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.The categories are motion pictures, television, recording, radio, live performance, and sports entertainment.